This week our tree-loving friend, Pieter Severynen, brings us the silk tree. Silk tree – Albizia julibrissin ...

Mimosa trees, also known as Persian silk trees, are fast-growing trees that require regular pruning. With its fragrant, puffy pink flowers from April to July and its feathery, fern-like foliage ...

Carrotwood and Albizia julibrissin, known commonly as mimosa or silk tree, both fall into the messy category. With carrotwood, it’s the seeds that annoy, especially when they fall on your car if ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii has already seen how much damage albizia trees can cause on the Big Island during a storm. Experts said the invasive trees can also bring significant destruction on Oahu.

Plant Conservation Alliance Least Wanted Silk Tree. USDA Forest Service Albizia julibrissin.

As funding for albizia removal on the Big Island dries up, the invasive trees — and the danger they pose — are spreading again. But despite strong initial progress in fighting the trees over ...

Silk tree Albizia julibrissin (Photo by Joshua Siskin) Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa (Photo by Joshua Siskin) ...

Scientifically known as Albizia julibrissin, the Persian silk tree hails from the Far East, specifically from regions of Asia, including Persia (modern-day Iran) and China.